Chapter 39 Commissioner of Police Luk Ming-wah
"In 1972 the United Kingdom and the United States signed an extradition treaty stipulating that they should extradite any person, including their own nationals, found in their territory for an offence committed in the territory of the other."
"At the same time, in accordance with the 'principle of nationality jurisdiction' or 'personality principle' in international law, the State has the right to exercise jurisdiction over all persons of its own nationality, irrespective of whether they reside within or outside the country. This means that if the offender is a citizen of his own nationality, the State may exercise jurisdiction. ”
"And I'm a citizen of the United States of America." Yuji Takahashi stressed again: "So I won't answer any of your questions, you have evidence to directly accuse me of first-degree murder, I won't appeal, but I won't plead guilty either." ”
Grass, you can do it like this! Liao Zhizong's eyes widened, he was a big old man who had come up from the grassroots, how could he understand international law, extradition treaties and the like, but what this guy said had a nose and eyes, I'm afraid it's true.
However, Liao Zhizong really couldn't get used to this arrogant appearance, so he walked over directly, lifted Takahashi Yuji and the chair together, punched him in the stomach, and scolded: "Fuck you, Lao Tzu still treats prisoners preferentially according to the Geneva Convention!" ”
Liao Zhizong's punch just hit his stomach, and he curled up his body in pain, and he was retching a little...
Raymond outside the door was also a little confused, looked left and right and said, "And what he said?" ”
As for Liao Zhizong's beating, Lei Meng directly pretended not to see it.
"There is such a statement, and there are provisions in US law that can exercise criminal jurisdiction according to the principle of territorial jurisdiction and not punish the criminal acts of domestic people in foreign countries, so it is very likely that this Yuji Takahashi will be extradited to China and acquitted." The deputy commissioner of the Wan Chai Police Station, Fong Wai-lun, who saw the puzzled eyes of the crowd and explained: "I once handled a similar case. ”
Everyone suddenly realized, Raymond thought for a while and said: "Since Yuji Takahashi refuses to admit the facts of the crime, he can't come up with a strong alibi, and there is so much evidence, and he can only use extradition to prove that he is the murderer." ”
"The director is right, Yuji Takahashi is the murderer." Zheng Qiang immediately answered, Raymond nodded with satisfaction, and Uncle Bi was not satisfied, because Zheng Qiang robbed him of his words.
"There is no need to interrogate, prosecute him directly, and as for the rest, all the others will be handed over to the diplomatic department." After Raymond said this, he motioned for Zheng Qiang to follow, and then turned to leave, this time Uncle Bi was even more dissatisfied, because Zheng Qiang robbed him of his position...
In the director's office, Raymond sat there thinking for a while, and then dialed a phone, this time it was Secretary Chen who answered the phone, but Secretary Chen was very sorry to tell Raymond that the director was in a meeting.
When Secretary Chen asked if there was anything important, Raymond said, "Secretary Chen, if the director is after the meeting, please tell me, I have something important to report..."
Raymond pondered for a while and continued: "We have caught the murderer of Takamoto, it is Yuji Takahashi, an American, who confessed to the crime. ”
When Secretary Chen heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, the Seraphic case involved a lot, because the death was a famous businessman from the island country, the island country had written to Great Britain three times to inquire about relevant matters, and the pressure on the governor of Hong Kong can be imagined.
And Takumoto was the Japanese who invaded Hong Kong Island back then, and there was a lot of concern on Hong Kong Island, especially the media, which had a lot of criticism about the police force.
A few days ago, the Secretary for Security and the Commissioner of Security made a special report to the Governor on this matter, and the Governor of Hong Kong did not say anything, but only said one thing, and the Governor of Hong Kong will return to Great Britain in seven days, and whether he can see the murderer arrested before returning to Great Britain, otherwise he does not know how to deal with the cross-examination of the foreign department.
Of course, it is said that the Governor of Hong Kong said it in a joking tone, but who would dare not take it seriously? This is also the reason why the Commissioner has limited five days.
Secretary Chen said happily: "Director Lin, congratulations on solving another big case, you wait a minute, I will report to the director immediately." ”
Walking to the door of the thick conference room, Secretary Chen took a heavy breath, then gently pushed the door open and walked in.
An official from the Financial Secretary of the Financial Department was making an impassioned statement, "With more than 100 years of professional policing experience and a good planning foundation, coupled with strict rule of law and efficient case handling, the Hong Kong Island Police Force has been praised by the outside world as the 'best police force in Asia' since the 60s, and is recognized as one of the best police forces in the world." ”
"Today, the Force has a huge establishment of about 30,000 regular staff, about 5,000 auxiliary officers, and about 5,000 both internal and civilian staff, making a huge police force of about 40,000 people."
"However, with such a large contingent, I did not feel the slightest sense of security, not to mention the distance, but only the near, the case of the murder of the businessman of the island country, Taka Moto, has not been resolved for a long time, which has caused a very bad impact on international public opinion, and Asian countries have begun to have a skeptical and negative attitude towards the public order situation on Hong Kong Island, especially the island countries sent letters to the diplomatic department three times on the three days."
"So I don't think that increasing the budget can improve the crime solving rate, if it can, what do you want the police force to do, once a bandit kidnaps a hostage, our financial secretary can directly pay for ransom, and you can save some budget, the appetite of the bandits is still very small, and they also talk about morality."
As soon as he finished saying this, a low laugh rang out from the scene, and even the Hong Kong Governor was a little embarrassed.
However, there were only two people in the venue who did not laugh, one was the Secretary for Security, and the other was Commissioner of Police Luk Ming-wah.
The Secretary for Security glanced at Lu Minghua, who was rubbing his eyebrows, and he knew that the difficulties of his old friend, old comrade-in-arms, and old subordinates were all promoted from the grassroots police force, and solving cases was never achieved overnight.
Lu Minghua is also very troubled and powerless in his heart, how can solving the case be as simple as these people think? Think you just sit in your office and write and draw?
He once carefully analyzed that the killer's methods in this case were very sophisticated and ruthless, with almost no clues, and there was not even the object of suspicion, how to investigate?
Lu Minghua conservatively estimated, let alone five days, the police force can solve this tricky case in 50 days, which is considered to be efficient, and the reason why the five-day deadline is set is to put it bluntly, it is a political necessity, and it is also to give an explanation to the upper and lower levels.
But Lu Minghua is more worried that the killer is Chinese, so that even if the murderer is caught, he, the first Chinese director of the police department, may be nailed to the pillar of shame, and the scolding can drown out his ancestors!